The KOICA-Mango Fund team with Prudence Ukkonika, the owner of K-Roma, client of the KOICA-Mango Fund joint program, in the Bella Wine shop.

Andy Mills from Mango Fund and Kim Young-mok, President of Korea International Cooperation Agency, after signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations

Andy Mills from Mango Fund with the KOICA team during the after signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations

Andy Mills from Mango Fund and Kim Young-mok, President of Korea International Cooperation Agency, after signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations

The KOICA and Mango Fund joint team in the KOICA Uganda office.

About the Program The KOICA - Mango Fund Program for Small Business Innovation is a joint program of between the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Mango Fund. The goal of the program is to foster industrialization of the Ugandan SME sector and to develop a sustainable and replicable social business model based on the experience of Mango Fund. The program has two major purposes:

To increase access to finance for small businesses through tailored financial services.

To increase the SMEs' capacity to grow via business advisory services.

Between 2015 and 2018, over the duration of the joint program with KOICA, Mango Fund plans to deploy $500,000 in loans to small growing businesses in Uganda. The program is addressed to SMEs registered in Uganda and operating in the line of value addition. The KOICA-Mango Fund program finances assets such as machinery and vehicles that increase the productivity of our clients.